Currently in: Chicago, IL, USA
Photo by Paulina Gasca
Photo by Paulina Gasca
Photo by Paulina Gasca
Photo by Paulina Gasca
Researcher, theatre-maker, puppeteer & performer.
She is currently working towards the Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre and Drama at Northwestern University. Her research investigates what the minds and bodies of puppetry audiences can tell us about the ontology of the puppet in contemporary puppet performance combining methods from cognitive sciences and theatre studies.
About Me
Partial Resume
Academic History
Northwestern University | Evanston, USA | June 2023 (Expected)
Interdisciplinary PhD in Theatre & Drama
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama | London, UK | December 2015
MA Advanced Theatre Practice
University of Glamorgan | Cardiff, UK | July 2012
BA Drama (Theatre & Media) (First class honors)
Dissertation: Puppetry: The Visible Manipulator in Contemporary Puppet Theatre. (First Class)
Teaching & Research Experience
Northwestern University | Evanston, USA | September - December 2019
Teaching Assistant
Prague Quadrennial 2019 | Prague, CZ | June 2019
Instructor
NYU Educational Theatre Forum 2018 | New York, USA | April 2017
Speaker
Casa del Lago | Mexico City, Mexico | October 2016 - August 2017
Instructor
CoIL | Mexico City, Mexico | September 2016 - January 2017
Coordinator
The Churchill College | Mexico City, Mexico | April 2013
Substitute Teacher
Performance Experience
Beyond The Wall | US/Mexico | February 2017 - June 2019
Organizer & Lead puppeteer
El viaje de Ali | Mexico City, Mexico | September 2016 - June 2018
Puppeteer
Las Huellas de Buda | Mexico City, Mexico | June 2018
Puppeteer and Voice artist
BARK | London, UK | September 2015 - March 2016
Company co-founder
Cumulus | Prague, Czech Republic | June 2015
Deviser & Producer
Karma No Karma | Mexico City, Mexico | April 2013 - September 2014
Creator & Director
Training & Workshops
Circus | La Fabrika | NoFit State Circus
Clown & Physical Comedy | Avner Eisenberg | Hilary Chaplain | Gabriela Muñoz
Improvisation | Improbable | Omar Argentino | Ignacio López | Yann Berriet | Pilar Villanueva | Piolo Juvera
Linklater Technique | Juan David Amador
Puppetry | Gyre & Gimble | Yael Rasooly | The Paper Cinema | Improbable | Peter O'Rourke | Puppets in Prague | Karromato
Tango | Rojo y Negro | Tango Brigante | Sebastián Arce | Carlos Espinoza & Noelia Hurtado | Miguel García
Translating | Alfredo Michel Modenessi (A Great Feast of Languages)
Avenida Q | Mexico City, Mexico | October 2013 - September 2014
Stage Manager
FiguraT | Mexico City, Mexico | May - September 2013
Company member
Marionetas de la Esquina | Mexico City, Mexico | September 2012 - May 2013
Company member
Match d'Improvvisazione Teatrale | Italy | March 2012
Improviser
Emblem | Edinburgh, UK | August 2011
Co-director & Improviser